Harish Pillai

Job Enlargement helps the person grow , It brings out his/her latent energies which he/she can put to use for organisational growth . Many a time talented individuals are suppressed by organisational bureaucracies. When we free them from that and give them an environment to foster their creativity and talent it helps Organisations grow exponentially

Understanding the Organisational needs is a very important criterion while setting the plant productivity goals. In case of multiple product lines it is essential to study demand patterns and forecast better to enable better raw material planning. Consequently dispatch logistics would also be dictated by the same. Inventory turns and how much to stock at the warehouse level would also be critical. Understanding demand planning would aslo help in scheduling the workforce, particularly the labour both inhouse as well as in case of outsourced labour contracters. Planning of maintenance shutdowns ( preventive maintenance as well as emergency line breakdowns) will be better . Certainly this will avoid bottlenecks and interrupted production.

You always need to see the efficacy of the strategy. You can start with the premise of the Business plan agreed at the start of the year after due research, past history, market potential and trends but you need to factor alternatives to account for the uncertainities and realities of the Business environment . the strategy has to deliver results both topline, bottomline and should be measurable in terms of comparision milestones

Vc firms need sectoral experienced resources particularly in the portfolio companies they are investing in or the target companies they are looking at. They can seek industry specific expertise from experienced people in that particular industry . Ideally top management team at vc firms should be experienced senior managerial personal who have worked across multiple sectors

There is always a lack of reliable data for venture capital firm researchers in the public domain. They would be much suited if they speak to a wide spectrum of industry experienced people about their proposed target investment company to get the true picture

There is always scope to improve and add value in existing processes and systems. Lean TQM helps us to focus relentlessly on small and continuos improvements in both inbound supply chain, outbound supply chain, manufacturing processes, distribution efficiencies . It is a continuos ongoing journey and not just a destination. Quantitative results motivate the team and demonstrate to them tangible goals before they start to see the big picture in waste reduction, efficiency in processes and savings in cost